{"id":46830,"date":"2018-06-06T21:41:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=46830"},"modified":"2018-06-06T21:42:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:42:12","slug":"snackbar-announces-mississippi-monday-a-summer-dinner-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/snackbar-announces-mississippi-monday-a-summer-dinner-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Snackbar Announces Mississippi Monday: A Summer Dinner Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Snackbar<\/strong>, part of James Beard Award winner and author <strong>Chef John Currence<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>City Grocery Restaurant Group<\/strong>, is proud to announce <strong>Mississippi Monday: A Summer Supper Series<\/strong>, benefitting <strong>Good Food For Oxford Schools<\/strong>. The series, hosted by James Beard Award finalist <strong>Chef Vishwesh Bhatt<\/strong>, will feature award-winning Mississippi chefs and will shine a light on Mississippi ingredients.\u00a0Call 662-236-6363 or visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsnackbaroxford.com%2F&amp;h=ATPLgRay8i3utvZPH90IpuJfo9wSOH2RQorAQ-3mJ3rAZLSFGKBcU6ZPfthQxZP7ibGvPaWB2OyZNKJNBJYCYV5GmHK01PfgLxykIfPQNH2CGcOr-A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\">snackbaroxford.com<\/a>\u00a0for reservations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Chef Ty Thames<\/strong>, owner of <strong>Restaurant Tyler<\/strong>, <strong>The Guest Room<\/strong>, <strong>Bin 612<\/strong>, and <strong>City Bagel Caf\u00e9<\/strong> in <strong>Starkville, Mississippi<\/strong>, will lead off the series starting June 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Chef-Ty-Thames.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46836 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Chef-Ty-Thames.jpg?resize=640%2C563\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chef Jonathan \u201cTy\u201d Thames is a Mississippi native who started his culinary career at the age of fifteen. Chef Ty started his educational path at the <strong>University of Southern Mississippi<\/strong>. He then went on to the <strong>New England Culinary Institute<\/strong> in Vermont, where he graduated with distinction. After leaving Vermont, Chef Ty moved to <strong>Parma, Italy<\/strong> to pursue his culinary passion of Italian cuisine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There he apprenticed under <strong>Chef Leonardo<\/strong> of <strong>Maria Luigi Restaurant<\/strong>. Upon returning to the United States, Chef Ty moved to Washington D.C. There, he began work at the <strong>Ritz Carlton Hotel<\/strong>, Georgetown Property. After gaining all of the knowledge he could under the renowned chefs of the Ritz Carlton, Chef Ty moved to the regional Italian fine dining restaurant <strong>Centro<\/strong>, located in\u00a0<strong>Bethesda, Maryland<\/strong>, where he was recognized in many publications such as <strong><em>The Washington Times<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/strong>, <em><strong>D.C. Style<\/strong><\/em> Magazine, and <em><strong>the Washingtonian<\/strong><\/em> Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style1\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chef Ty moved from D.C. to pursue his dream of owning a restaurant in his native state of Mississippi. Traveling back to his roots, he found home in Starkville. Here, Chef Ty has managed to bring the best that he has learned back to the Magnolia State.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chef Ty is a chef who takes civic responsibility for what he cooks and serves. He is a believer in using natural ingredients, in even the most complex recipes, and he preaches and practices professional responsibility when it comes to chemicals and hormones in foods. Chef Ty believes all chefs should be aware of what is going on in our environment regarding over-fishing, waste management, and the products we buy and sell. Chef Ty believes that chefs should burden the responsibility of educating others of their impact to the industry. You can learn more about Chef Ty at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eatlocalstarkville.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eatlocalstarkville.com<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On deck for July 9 is James Beard Award nominated <strong>Chef Cole Ellis<\/strong>, of the <strong>Delta Meat Market<\/strong> in <strong>Cleveland<\/strong>, Mississippi. Reigning King of American Seafood, <strong>Chef Alex Eaton<\/strong>, owner of much-lauded <strong>Manship<\/strong>, and soon-to-open <strong>Aplos<\/strong>, in<strong> Jackson<\/strong>, Mississippi will be in Oxford on August 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stay tuned for details on multi-course menus highlighting Mississippi grown ingredients as well as ticket sales! Be sure to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citygroceryonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.citygroceryonline.com<\/a>, and follow us on Instagram @snackbaroxford and Facebook. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe goal of this series is to bring the best of Mississippi to Oxford and raise money for a great cause,\u201d says Bhatt. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to collaborating with these amazing Chefs. I am honored that they have accepted the invitation to come cook at Snackbar. Oxford is in for a real treat!\u201d He added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snackbar, part of James Beard Award winner and author Chef John Currence\u2019s City Grocery Restaurant Group, is proud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":46833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12657,12650,12655,12654,11745,12647,12645,12651,1708,57,10132,1259,366,12090,12652,12656,12646,12644,5184,12648,35,1728,12649,12653],"class_list":["post-46830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aplos","tag-bin-612","tag-chef-alex-eaton","tag-chef-cole-ellis","tag-chef-john-currence","tag-chef-ty-thames","tag-chef-vishwesh-bhatt","tag-city-bagel-cafe","tag-city-grocery-restaurant-group","tag-cleveland","tag-delta-meat-market","tag-good-food-for-oxford-schools","tag-jackson","tag-james-beard-award","tag-june-11","tag-manship","tag-mississippi-chefs","tag-mississippi-monday-a-summer-supper-series","tag-new-england-culinary-institute","tag-restaurant-tyler","tag-snackbar","tag-starkville","tag-the-guest-room","tag-university-of-southern-mississippi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Snackbar-Mississippi-Monday-June-11.jpg?fit=620%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}